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Bill Maher defends Rush Limbaugh for 'slut' apology

CaptainCourtesy said:
Maher is closer to being a libertarian than a liberal. He's probably best be classified (in DP-Speak) as "Libertarian - Left".
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According to him, Obama's not liberal enough for him - so I'd say that does make him very liberal.
 
SLAMRAAM said:
According to him, Obama's not liberal enough for him - so I'd say that does make him very liberal.
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What he says and how he presents on the issues are somewhat inconsistent.
 
American said:
He's a liberaltarian.
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AdamT said:
So I guess I have to just keep repeating this, since no conservative will address it; Palin is a public figure. Fluke was not.
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she became one when she jumped into that fake congressional hearing.

As an activist she is indeed as much, maybe not as big, but still, a public figure.....


And that's an excuse enough for you to call a woman a "slut" "c--t", or a "twat", or reference one of their female minor children as "whore".


Perhaps you and I have different standards of decorum. :shrug:

Limbaugh is a lying ack of ****!!!
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Ms. Fluke isn't the most honest, either.
 
Thorgasm said:
Yes, because we would all know her name and what she looks like from this informal testimony. :roll:

Rush had nothing to do with her becoming a common name with people who pay attention to politics.
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To be fair, rush didnt watch her testimony live, he came across it as most of us did, as the msm blasted it filled with half truths and lies a over the news networks as a continuation of obama's desire to force the catholic church to cover birth control on its health coverage....

The timeline is way too obvious. Obama tries it, there is a huge backlash, activist "testifies before congress" (actually it was a dog and pony show for democrats) media covers it without stating all the facts.... Rush picks it up and takes it too far.

She was already all over the news. They were putting a face on obama's agenda. As an activist, she should have expected something to come out of the fake testimony game.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
Maher is closer to being a libertarian than a liberal. He's probably best be classified (in DP-Speak) as "Libertarian - Left".
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How so specifically?

See my post in this thread i believe.... i shredded that notion by pointing out his individual stances...

Liberal, sides with some conservative stances, and thinks drugs should be legalized....
 
whysoserious said:
You seem very pushy about the way someone should feel about things. What gives you the right to say one person should be outraged by this and should be outraged by that?
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If those two things are essentially the same, why wouldn't you feel the same way?
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
How so specifically?

See my post in this thread i believe.... i shredded that notion by pointing out his individual stances...

Liberal, sides with some conservative stances, and thinks drugs should be legalized....
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Actually you failed at that. His cherry picked his stances to create the impression you wanted, instead of looking at all of them. He has many stances which do not qualify as liberal.
 
I posted all this before but Adam didnt read it.
Fluke is not.
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Current Public Interest Law Scholars

Sandra Fluke

Sandra Fluke’s professional background in domestic violence and human trafficking began with Sanctuary for Families in New York City. There, she launched the agency’s pilot Program Evaluation Initiative. While at Sanctuary, she co-founded the New York Statewide Coalition for Fair Access to Family Court, which after a twenty-year stalemate, successfully advocated for legislation granting access to civil orders of protection for unmarried victims of domestic violence, including LGBTQ victims and teens. Sandra was also a member of the Manhattan Borough President’s Taskforce on Domestic Violence and numerous other New York City and New York State coalitions that successfully advocated for policy improvements impacting victims of domestic violence.

As the 2010 recipient of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Fran Kandel Public Interest Grant, she researched, wrote, and produced an instructional film on how to apply for a domestic violence restraining order in pro per. She has also interned with the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking; Polaris Project; Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County; Break the Cycle; the Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project; NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund; Crime Victim and Sexual Assault Services; and the Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County.

Through Georgetown’s clinic programs, Sandra has conducted proposed legislation based on fact-finding in Kenya regarding child trafficking for domestic work, and has represented victims of domestic violence in protection order cases. Sandra is the Development Editor of the Journal of Gender and the Law, and served as the President of Law Students for Reproductive Justice, and the Vice President of the Women’s Legal Alliance. In her first year, she also co-founded a campus committee addressing human trafficking. Cornell University awarded her a B. S. in Policy Analysis & Management, as well as Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies in 2003.
Sandra Fluke Is Really 30 Years Old And Went to Georgetown Knowing Contraception Wasn’t Covered | Video | TheBlaze.com



Law Students for Reproductive Justice


Sandra Fluke, Past President of Georgetown LSRJ, to Testify on Women’s Health

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee will hold a hearing Thursday, February 23, 2012, on the issue of women’s health. The sole witness at the hearing will be Ms. Sandra Fluke, a third-year law student at Georgetown University, who was blocked from testifying at a recent Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA). Instead, Chairman Issa brought forward a panel of all men to testify on this topic. For more information on the hearing, National Journal.
Pull your head out of the sand. Yes, she is a left wing advocate.
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Current Public Interest Law Scholars
Sandra Fluke Is Really 30 Years Old And Went to Georgetown Knowing Contraception Wasn’t Covered | Video | TheBlaze.com
Law Students for Reproductive Justice

Shes is a very public advocate and is employed in promoting various liberal causes. She was not large on the national scene until Pelosi tried to bring her into a congressional hearing, as the democrats' only witness. They made a pure emotional appeal.
 
Redress said:
Actually you failed at that. His cherry picked his stances to create the impression you wanted, instead of looking at all of them. He has many stances which do not qualify as liberal.
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Cherry picked? weren't you the one who gave the ONLY example his stance on coporate welfare? I selected several items, demonstrated his clear left wing ideology, and shredded the notion he was a libertarian.

Why is it so important to some left wingers that he be what he is not? It is important for him to claim he is, so he can pretend to be "above the fray" and "objective", his donations to Obama's superpac of $1 million bucks, and his speaking at an AL democratic convention alone indicates he is no "libertarian" as he claims.

supporting dope smoking does not a libertarian make.


Would you like to go through his stances again? I will be happy to re-shred the notion. Thanks. :pimpdaddy:
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
Maher is closer to being a libertarian than a liberal. He's probably best be classified (in DP-Speak) as "Libertarian - Left".
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the only thing remotely libertarian about Maher is he wants to smoke pot and libertarians would allow him to do so.
 
Thunder said:
the legalization of marijuana is CLEARLY a Libertarian stance.
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Actually it is an example of individual freedom that libertarians support. It is none of my business what you smoke, nor the governments. this goes far beyond weed. but as usual you missed the point.
 
American said:
You are one of the most ridiculous liberals on this website. Don't you get it, it's over. Bill Maher, in this case, speaks for all liberals, and has spoken. Liberals can STFU now. You have nothing left now. And btw, learn how to spell his name.
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Bait much?

Seriously. This is about as blatant as I've seen. Comical at best.
 
Thorgasm said:
Yes, because we would all know her name and what she looks like from this informal testimony. :roll:

Rush had nothing to do with her becoming a common name with people who pay attention to politics.
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It wasn't "informal testimony". It was essentially a press conference where she knew there'd be, well, press. Like it or not, she inserted herself into the public arena.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Cherry picked? weren't you the one who gave the ONLY example his stance on coporate welfare? I selected several items, demonstrated his clear left wing ideology, and shredded the notion he was a libertarian.

Why is it so important to some left wingers that he be what he is not? It is important for him to claim he is, so he can pretend to be "above the fray" and "objective", his donations to Obama's superpac of $1 million bucks, and his speaking at an AL democratic convention alone indicates he is no "libertarian" as he claims.

supporting dope smoking does not a libertarian make.


Would you like to go through his stances again? I will be happy to re-shred the notion. Thanks. :pimpdaddy:
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OK, going to try and make this simple for you: there is a significant difference between showing he is not a liberal, and showing he is. All you have to do to show he is not a liberal is show positions that are not liberal. To show he is a liberal, you have to show that his positions overal are liberal. See how that works?

The reason it came up is a poster made the claim that Maher speaks for liberals. That is why you should read the thread(first page even).

When you get around to showing he is a liberal, then you will have shredded a notion. You have yet to even remotely do this.
 
Redress said:
OK, going to try and make this simple for you: there is a significant difference between showing he is not a liberal, and showing he is. All you have to do to show he is not a liberal is show positions that are not liberal. To show he is a liberal, you have to show that his positions overal are liberal. See how that works?

The reason it came up is a poster made the claim that Maher speaks for liberals. That is why you should read the thread(first page even).

When you get around to showing he is a liberal, then you will have shredded a notion. You have yet to even remotely do this.
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actions speak louder then words. his actions of given millions to liberals in order to get liberals elected screams liberal. throw in his words, which more often then not match liberal talking points, and we are now arguing over 1+1
 
ARealConservative said:
actions speak louder then words. his actions of given millions to liberals in order to get liberals elected screams liberal. throw in his words, which more often then not match liberal talking points, and we are now arguing over 1+1
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Could it be that he's anti-Republican? Have you seen the candidates?
 
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